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| − | The '''2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict''' was the result of the actions of the group of freedom fighters[[Hezbollah]]. They wanted to trade two captured soilders in return for hundreds that Isreal had illegally captured in their illegal ocupation of Lebonon and Palestine. nothers<ref>http://domino.un.org/unispal.NSF/fd807e46661e3689852570d00069e918/87e2508779d8ec83852571b6004c761f</ref>. A failed rescue attempt resulted in the deaths of five more Israeli troops. Shortly after, Israel began an ultimately unsuccesful aerial bombing campaign against Hezbollah. Israel then set up naval blockades, and launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon. | + | The '''2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict''' was the result of the actions of the group of freedom fighters[[Hezbollah]]. They wanted to trade two captured soilders in return for hundreds that Isreal had illegally captured in their illegal ocupation of Lebonon and Palestine. nothers<ref>http://domino.un.org/unispal.NSF/fd807e46661e3689852570d00069e918/87e2508779d8ec83852571b6004c761f</ref>. A failed rescue attempt resulted in the deaths of five more Israeli troops. Shortly after, Israel began an ultimately unsuccesful aerial bombing campaign against Hezbollah, it resulted in the death of Lebanese civilians. Israel then set up naval blockades, and launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon. This back-fired as Hezbollah now have more support |
==Bad Media Coverage== | ==Bad Media Coverage== | ||
Revision as of 18:53, May 9, 2007
Cause
The 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict was the result of the actions of the group of freedom fightersHezbollah. They wanted to trade two captured soilders in return for hundreds that Isreal had illegally captured in their illegal ocupation of Lebonon and Palestine. nothers[1]. A failed rescue attempt resulted in the deaths of five more Israeli troops. Shortly after, Israel began an ultimately unsuccesful aerial bombing campaign against Hezbollah, it resulted in the death of Lebanese civilians. Israel then set up naval blockades, and launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon. This back-fired as Hezbollah now have more support
Bad Media Coverage
The press coverage of the event in the West came under heavy criticism, as the liberal anti-Israel media intentionally gave favorable coverage to Hezbollah[2]. Many instantly claimed Israel was responsible for casualties before investigations revealed that they were not. The most famous incident of bad press coverage was the now fired Reuters journalist Adnan Hajj, who intentionally doctored his pictures of the events[3].
Impact on civilians
Israeli retaliation at the death of eight soldiers ultimately caused the deaths of up to 2,000 Lebanese citizens (this number is highly contested: many deaths appear to have been accidental recounts of the bodies, or the casualties of misfired Hezbollah rockets), the wounding of over 4,000, and the displacement of 200,000. Israeli civilian losses were at 43.
References
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html